A Quarterlife Odyssey in New England

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Five Year Plan

I started this blog on my 25th birthday, and used it to fuel my ambitions: to have as many adventures as possible before I turned 30.

How did it turn out? Pretty damn fun. Being accountable to the internet inspired me to really go through with some wild plans – from flying a plane to hiking Mount Washington to cooking a whole chicken. It’s been a great ride – and now I have even more things I want to do with the next phase of my life!

Find a job that I love that helps change the world (right now, I think that will be with a non-profit or government agency that helps women, children, and people with cancer) I’m already doing this, helping amazing non-profits be more successful at fundraising and communicating online – LOVE it.

Continue to volunteer at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp – attended in summer 2010, 2011, 2012 and counting!

Go back to school, for something fun (Spanish? Cooking?) if not for a specific advanced degree – took an awesome French class in spring 2014

Visit the White House – done, Jan 2012, though I would still love to actually be invited!

Get recognized by my alma mater, Mount Holyoke College, in some cool way – done, elected communications chair for the class at my 5 year reunion! But I’ll take more if I can get it!

Sit in the emergency exit row of an airplane – Done and done (x3). It was actually just as fun as I thought it might be. New goal: fly in the front of a small plane the next time I ride in one. I came so close last time!

Even better, FLY a plane – done, September 2014. Look for a blog post on this soon!

Meet Sally Ride (actually a life goal, but major bonus points if I can get there before I turn 30!) – Alas, the time ran out on this one. Still proud of my fellow Sally and her accomplishments. Read more >>